Life lessons, greenhouse construction and the under 3s

1. If you’re dismantling a greenhouse, it’s worth labelling all
the pieces rather than just a small and elite selection. This way you
can put it back together with ease rather than holding your head in your
hands and repeating the phrases ‘but it should fit’ and ‘I don’t understand where I went wrong’ ad infinitum

2. When stacking oak sleepers for a greenhouse base, remove your
fingers before the two inordinately heavy pieces of wood crush them

3. Greenhouses are like jigsaw puzzles, there is always a piece
missing (but unlike jigsaw puzzles, there is no point looking for it
behind the sofa)

4. Glazing clips can travel a very long distance and are trickier to spot amongst wood chips than you might imagine

5. You can never have enough glazing clips (see point 4)

And...

6. Leaning glass up against a greenhouse is a fairly certain way to ensure the immediate arrival of strong winds

Still with my father's determination, and the kind advice and help of
the greenhouse's previous owner (who, rather confusingly goes my the
names of Nobby, Arthur and Robin so henceforth shall simply be known as Glasshouse Guru or 'GG' for short') - the structure is up.

I still have one annoying pane that won't fit and two missing pieces, but I feel these problems can be overcome.

Also, the children are nearly as excited as I am and Ava and Oscar
kept running out to check on progress. Archie, more worryingly, walked
towards me with a slow but determined air, carrying a football, and then
threw it directly at a pane of glass.